What's your most cooked honour moment? Mine was Squidward taking every opportunity attack and edging on his chain lightning leaving my level 1 Gale to carry his worthless ass Tips & Tricks for Solo Honour: ua-cam.com/video/f4Zgx2k_TjQ/v-deo.html Patch 7 Solo Walkthrough: ua-cam.com/video/aaLKecF5COk/v-deo.html Honour Party Template: drive.google.com/file/d/1iqPT3rGJ6-YFtMNot5GGkIVCYUS_hMjf/view
Fighting Marcus at Last Light, killed him easily, and a couple of horrors, then got to watch as Isobel was so far down the turn order she got KO'd and kidnapped before she even had a chance to mess anything up. On that day I learned that the game WANTS her in the Myrkul fight and I should stop resisting.
Just one from a long list: Ignored the explosive mushroom at the "ladder" to the fish people because I'm an enhance leap + feather fall addict and I'm not stopping for that shit. didn't even get to see the explosion on my way out, just the game-over screen.
Mine was getting smited by vlaakith for trying and failing to detect her thoughts since I was curious what that interaction was ending my pretty good honour run there.
I lost my most recent Honour mode attempt in the Gauntlet of Shar when the Book you need to unlock the gate in the library where the Spear of night is hidden ended up glitching through the floor after getting hit by an explosion during the fight. Couldn't get the book or spear, tried to enter the Shadowveil anyways, Shart turned on the party and killed us all in one round (she had been respecced into a Tavern Brawler Monk).
As someone who's put 3,000 Hrs into BG3, these builds 10000x are what she says they are. All of them are fantastic builds - can't go wrong. Great work!
An underrated part of barb thrower that I never see anyone talk about is how you can just throw a guy off a cliff consistently. Just run up, improv weapon move them to a ledge, and yeet them to an instakill.
dno if they changed it, but so many mobs just get tp'd back if they got knocked off. I bought the game when honour mode came out and did it blind and I almost died on the final stretch of the gauntlet cus a mindflayer got knocked off by a nautiloid bomb and tp'd back up right in front of me and stunned my entire party. My mates had talked alot about how fun it was to throw mobs off cliffs, so it took me a while of frustration before I googled and found out that hm puts restrictions on chasm kills.
I think it depends on the enemy... Unless something exists in HM (not played HM): mind flayers can fly so maybe that makes them immune. The fish beings can't be thrown into anything that has water as they pop back up...e.g. boaaal can die by throwing him off the ledge into the river below (what a song) but the fish people pop right back up 😅. Crafty Larian. @@MacGregor3
@@Tryingcounts havent actually looked it up, its defo honour mode only though based on teh tactician playthroughs ive done with mates after. In my experience it was anything with legendary abilities was 100% no chasm kills and felt like most "named" mobs had a chasm protection as well.
Said it in live chat as well, but after struggling with Honour mode for literally months (I do not have much time to play) I was actually giving up and not find it worth trying again. Until I found your channel and your Tavern Brawler Monk gameplay..... Being a sucker for monks, I wanted to give it a go, because..... Worst thing that could happen, was me filing again, after all. But holy heck..... I made it through and I do not think there was one moment through the playthrough where I feared I'd die. The build is just top tier and really rewards you for playing it consistently as a monk. It felt so good!
I'm so glad you found something that resonated with you (no pun intended) and felt good to play. Congrats and thank you for sharing your experience. I was a snob on Monk for so long but when I gave it a go it's so much silly fun I adore it now 😊
ive always loved cold spells in this game but i never knew how to play it well so your ice sorcerer build was incredible for my honour runs, thank you for blessing us with these amazing builds
@@MorganaEvelyn Hi, I love what you're doing and the build ideas but I just don't understand how the hell did you get so many spellslots on your sorcerer ?? I mean at lvl 6 you got like 9 sorcery points and 8 lvl 2 spells ... How ? 😅😂 Otherwise, great work, love your personnality !
I think that line about what matters most is game knowledge and adaptability is so spot on and actually a lesson I learned when I played Divinity Original Sin 2 with some friends years ago. There were so many fights that we got stuck on and it took hours of just retrying them to win. And then the actual winning attempt was laughably easy. All because we positioned our characters a little differently, or change how we focused enemies.
You bring up a fantastic point about how its not a good idea to judge a build based on stuff you can get for it in the LATE game. The viability of the build should be judged based more on its performance in the first half of the game, act 1 especially!
This video is incredibly validating! Currently playing my first honor mode run without looking up guides, super nice to find out I built 3 of the top 4 on the list. The one exception being that I'm using a fire sorcerer with fire acuity hat, which I believe deserves an honorable mention it's so freaking good lol. Great video!
This is the most earnest, straightforward, well explained build video I've seen. Even so including the disclaimer in the beginning about HOW you play matters more than build. 11/10 earned a sub.
Your party build template is so incredible! Your break down of the gear by acts and solo vs. party is so unbelievably helpful, but then you also provide links to everything! This is a godsend!
I'm allergic to casters, so the Bardadin or Throwbarb take the Sorcerer's spot for me, but I can confirm these builds are fun to curbstomp Honour Mode with. They're strong individually, they're crazy strong together, and all really well presented here. Really enjoy it every time we get to hear your thought process, thank you for putting this together!
the angles on the throws drive me crazy sometimes, but throwing things (and people) is just way too much fun to give up. Smite ASMR do be activating all the neurons tho, I have to agree
wym? If it was a caster I'd break out in hives and die, I'm allergic. Those are bonk slots you're thinking of, they do look like spell slots on the UI tho, I see the confusion
I stumbled upon this video by chance, about to finish my FIRST playthrough, and starting my next. I flicked through a few of the other vids and instantly subbed. Amazing work.
Thanks for this guide! it shows you tried hard to make it intelligible to dummies like me and it is! I also have 2000 hours in game but your ability to beat the game at level 1 solo and other strange builds, and your deep knowledge of the game makes me feel like in most of your videos that I am listening to a PhD level quantum mechanics lecture. Your command of this game is just amazing. Bravo!
The thing I love about this channel is that while I’ve beaten honor mode like 10 times, but used different builds, and this channel plus the mod community keeps giving me more fun options!
Congrats on passing 69.420 subscribers You Stealth Archer build is what got me through Honor Mode the first time I tried. I'll definitely borrow some more of these builds for my next runs, I'm waiting for crossplay to be added to the game so I can do new runs with my friends who are on PC. Love your videos, hope you continue making them shadowfeet
Very good video. In my party, I always run: - Swords Bardadin Tav - Stealth Archer Astarion - Light Cleric Shart (respec) - Battle Master Baezel (1 level War Cleric) I am used to this party and it's very consistent. I could change the Light Cleric for a Sorcerer or Druid and I think it would go well too
I found a multiclass of 6 swords bard / 4 thief rogue / 2 fighter got me all the way through (picking half wood elf makes the early game easier due to the extra movement speed and shields) It brings both insane damage and useful utility with spells and with charisma and expertise you can work as an amazing face. With the build I beat Orin as urge without any effort in 1 round. With your hand crossbows, extra attack, 2 bonus actions, action surge, potion of speed and Slashing Flourish you abuse the action economy. You also bring useful spells like longstrider, enhanced ability, hold person and stinking cloud. Plus your AC can get crazy with Defensive Flourish and yanti scale mail or armour of agility. Song of rest is also just nice to have. Used it along with your Ice sorcerer build, a Paladin / warlock and light cleric / fighter to pick up my golden dice!
I love these pew-pew builds! 😂 Sword bard is my favorite subclass in BG 3 & I'm a bit bummed they didn't bring it into 5e like this in the new phb. My favorite build is very similar. I go Sword bard 6, Thief 3, battle master 3. Debating on if should try yours for the extra feat or asi, but having blade flourishes AND battle master maneuvers refresh on short rest makes every single attack unique & you have so much versatility & damage.
@@5-Volt I’m currently doing the same as this but Assassin instead of Thief. Sacrificed the extra bonus action for advantage vs unprepared enemies due to sharpshooter!
Great video as usual! Its really cool to see so many hours of gameplay and accumalted knowloage about the game so well synthesized! I confess i was kinda of a sucker for spellcasters, but seeing your videos made me realize how much martials go hard af. Especially stealth archer! I played a lot of skyrim and I see this build as kind of a tribute to skyrim stealth archer, though i remember you mentioning this build was inspired by DO2 stealth archer. As a spellcaster enjoyer, your ice sorcerer build was a breath of fresh air to me, cause I never had thought about a sorcerer build that relied on cantrip casting and ice spells and always felt kinda stuck to storm sorcerer. It was really good to learn something new! Anyways, keep rocking ev ❤
Ice Sorc got me back into spell casting then it lead to my sorcadin hyper fixation haha. Glad to see you're being martial pilled by a smooth brain like me ❤️
Trying the stealth archer with your Shadowheart's solo loadout in honor mode for the first time honestly felt like someone had stretched out Mjölnir into a longbow, handed it to me, then asked me to go hogwild on Toril. Thank you for your effort in making such an ADHD-friendly build! It's great for when I wanna action RPG around and pick up all the loot.
I do not know if this is mentioned anywhere, but there is a cool micro which you can pull off if you are playing a ranged build. You can target an enemy for an attack, fire the arrow and as the arrow is flying enter turn based mode. If you failed a stealth check you would then enter combat with both your action and bonus action and if you are passed level 5 you would have also procced the bonus attack for free. Does not require dipping into assassin to work.
In my successful honor mode run, my character was 6 swords bard, 4 thief rogue, 2 fighter and used hand crossbows. The amount of damage I did was crazy, plus having high persuasion. It was awesome. Burst round was like 10 attacks with sharpshooter.
Looking at these builds was really cool. I just started a battlemaster so I was happy to see that included in the list lol. Back to the game after a year.
Holy cheeks 16:18 sent my last surviving brain cell to the fugue plane and back. Really nice and cozy video and amazing showcase of the undoubtedly strongest classes in the game. I'm glad a lot of new players will be able to have access to the valuable information that you provide, honestly wish I had this information when I did my first honour run. Throwzerker and OH Monk have always been adored choices for my party and I rarely run without them, though as of late I catch myself adding a Stealth Archer more times than not because it's just so much fun to play. Definitely prefer martials over casters and if I had to choose a caster it would probably be an endgame support addition. To be fair casters aren't unfun overall for me, it's just incredibly annoying how long it takes for them to be even remotely relevant.
lmao omg lilly your comment made me snort im glad its a cozy video (and that you're trying the stealth archer meme) ❤ ive been trying to make casters a silly broken mess i'll get it eventually
Thank you soo muchhh!!! Honor mode was a joke when I found your videos lmao…I finally beat honor mode on my second attempt, only wish I found your videos a bit earlier then I could have done it on my first! Thanks a lot!!!
Incredible structure and presentation as always, Evelyn! Thank you for continuing to share your expertise and love for this beautiful world of Baldur’s Gate!
First vid I’ve ever seen of yours and it’s an instant sub from me! Clear and concise info with no fluff, everything you said was absolutely relevant to the build and playstyle. Awesome 😎👍🏻
Watching you play gloomstalker, got me through my first HM completion last month! Tried the build out by getting to Act3, solo-tactician. After that, a careful HM attempt (remembering all that MM taught me) with 3 party members that were used for buffs and combat cleanup.
Great video, clear and straight to the point, presenting actual strong builds. Thanks The Stealth Archer is definitely my favourite. Not only did i enjoy watching your big series back in the day, which taught me so much about the game, but playing Stealth Archer also got me interested in testing the games limits, difficulties and ultimately different builds too. So my nearly 1k hours in this game are mostly due to this gem of a build.
You're welcome and yeah the stealth archer started my journey a year back oh my god it's been so quick. Glad I could inspire you to mess around with the game and enjoy it for all those hours 😊
I still haven't finished my first playthrough of the game, but my party already had an Ice Sorcerer, ThrowBarian, and Battle Master. Your builds might be just the inspiration I needed to pick that playthrough back up and make it to the end.
Under the live tab. These are proven I did the impossible challenge with them. 500% extra enemy HP and they get +3 actions and bonus actions. That was fun
Love the look of all four of these builds and I've played the stealth archer build myself it was the most fun I've would gladly play it again after testing out the ice sorcerer build first. My most cooked honour mode was when I forgot elevators don't work and I used the one in gauntlet of shar wiping 3 of my party members.
Monk was totally cracked. Stunning strike literally saved my run multiple times. Including a final battle I scuffed due to my irl low int. Thanks for providing the build!
I can't live without my darkness warlock/fighter build... i LOVE the darkness spell, the tricks you can do with vision, i love warlock as a class and love using everything i can to support that gameplay. love your builds!! keep up the good work!!
Swords Bard reverberation build with gear like Bow of the Banshee, Drakethroat Glaive and Boots of Stormy Clamour absolutely carried by first Honour Run playthrough. I learned about that build from this channel too! Best BG3 creator on UA-cam imo :)
Stealth archer was insane ty so much for all the work you put in. I decided I wanted to be a bit fair in act 3 and still 1 turned ansur and Raph in turned based mode (with an opening attack out of combat).
Love hearing your advice, because you’re an absolute killer. Digressive note for no reason: Running the D20 initiative mod makes the balance so much better, it really makes encounters exciting and unpredictable again, I will never go back to D4 initiative.
Been running true initiative before honour mode came out, it just feels so good. Granted, the Myrkul fight almost kicked my ass first time on honour mode, coz i didn't prepare for it properly, and the mind flayer won initiative over everyone, and stunned the whole party 🤣 Lessons learned tho, the hard way: preparation is king in honour mode.
I DM a "pack tactics" rule. Basically, any team that has been working together for at least 2 weeks, get 21 initiative per 2 members (+10 for 1). They assign the initiative and add their initiative bonus among all members in the pack. This allows them to decide which of them moves first or which of them move together. The downside is that the enemies follow the same rule. While the party can put their strikers up front in initiative, the enemies MOST CERTAINLY put their spell casters and leaders at initiative 15+ while keeping the mooks at 5-. That being said I typically have enemies initiative cascade. Take a group of 6. 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3. the 18 will be a wizard or cleric whereas the 3 will be a low level mook. BG3 method almost matched what I made, except BG3 made it very 1 sided towards the player. My method gives both sides a chance to do it.
I love this videos. It's awesome! There I go again, clearing characters that I don't use for recording videos to try these builds. Once again I'm not leaving Act 1. I love this video so much. Thanks for making this video for us.
I finally beat honour mode with 4 Tempest Cleric/4 Thief Rogue/4 Lightning Dragon Sorcerer. I did the angelic reprieve thing and had a full rogue hireling steal a bunch of chain lightning scrolls. Then with a bloodlust elixir I would quicken create water to wet my enemies, use the Thief's second bonus action to quicken chain lightning on a potion of haste that would both proc bloodlust elixir and chain into enemies, then I'd use the three actions to do more chain lightnings. If anything ever survived that first turn I could do 5 chain lightnings in the next turn. Also one of those chain lightnings can have a max damage roll.
Love your videos! I found the monk build especially fun in late game and will be attempting the stealth archer soon. I've found a full 12 lvl light cleric stacked with radiance gear to be extremely powerful, mobile, and an amazing support. It's not "flashy" as the high damage builds but in a party run it's a lot of fun watching enemies, not just undead, melt away by the power of light
The stealth archer was the first character I played in an actual DND campaign some years back and I loved it. I had to use it for a solo honour run and the addition of the arrows really took it to the next level.
Thank you so so much for this. Genuinely have felt like I'm gonna pull my hair out doing honor mode. Flind and those Gnolls have been the worst and I've barely Scratch-ed the surface. This is gonna be a life saver
Been running the Stealth Archer, but went 3 into fighter for the superiority die, and with me hording arrows, Goblin camp was super easy being Druge and getting The Deathstalker Mantle, constanly invisable, and raining arrows down from the rafters will never get tiring
Thanks for sharing this! I will try some of these. I've been running a fighter with polearm master, sentinel, mobile and its so fun. Many attacks of opportunity.
Would love to see a mechanical breakdown of your stealth archer build, as well as full runs of your other solo honour mode builds. Very helpful and entertaining.
honestly 10 bard + 2 paladin literally carried me through honor mode, high charisma to decieve enemies with insane damage is op, great to see this build in the video, instant like
2000hrs... builds dont matter - knowledge does... challenge runs... Oh god... so this is what it's like to be on the other side. I have 800hrs in Dead Space 2 and your intro echos my own. My parallel challenge to your lv 1 clear is no upgrades, no store, no stasis (slows enemies), and no shooting - on hardcore (i.e. no checkpoints, and only 3 saves). Ty for your deep insight. You are awesome.
My favourive Honour Mode group is my signing circus: 2 Cleric / 10 Lore Bard -> Controller/Healer 2 Paladin / 10 Swords Bard -> well Bardadin 5 Gloomstaker / 5 Swordsbard / 2 Fighter -> Archer ... you could also go 4 Fighter / 3 Bard for Maneuvers which probably would be stronger overall, but I do like my Font of Inspiration and Improved Bardic Performance 6 Warmaster / 5 Valor Bard / 1 War Cleric -> Rapier Duellist Fighter You get so many skillpoints, Bardic Inspirations and 4 extra short rests while not be to reliant on long rests its super fun ...and the best part: you can have your group of 4 stand around after a long fight and play as a Quartett ... I love it so much, that Larian thought about having more than one Bard in the Group and adds real symphonies according to the amount of instruments played
I recently did a run with the TB monk, BM fighter, and stealth archer in the party and they kept fighting over who was gonna end combat on turn 1. Thank you for the based content as always
I like wizard 2 / Sorc 10 Focus intelligence, and for sorc just reap metamagic and utility spells. Then wizard spellbook to prepare for virtually any battle imaginable
Frost builds are incredibly fun in all the games I've played: Raid Shadow Legends, Dragon Age Origins, Divinity Original Sin 2, and BG 3 all have very effective frost builds. In the case of Raid, there are champions that do freeze, the most common one being Frozen Banshee, who is a rare champion. But I have to say, I love the stealth Archer build you created, especially as Dark Urge. I never finished the playthrough with it, so I'm gonna redo it. my second favorite is the Barbarian throwing build, using the retuning pike from act 1 and later on you can bind any weapon you like by using aa hiring speced into Eldrich knight. another favorite of mine is the BarBEARian, which is a Barbarian/moon druid combo, 3 in Barbarian and 9 in moon druid, so you rage and then go into bear form to do combat. but I've never done a solo run so I'm not sure if any of the other builds besides the stealth archer would work for that. I've seen a spore druid solo Raphael by running to a corner then casting AoE and getting everyone to walk into it.
Not me at 7:18 having to do a double take if I had somehow started up darktide after hearing the OST, god damn, was perfect fit for the fighter build lol
My friend and I decided Honor Mode on a whim and I did Monk/Thief/Fighter while he did Bardadin so I'm glad these made the cut! My other option is CoM Druid as a solid all arounder. It was a wild ride that was a one and done for us and it got to the point we were wondering who'd be able to take the other person out kind of deal by act 3. I can def say I love experimenting in the game but my most fun is dressing up cute and going on power trips.
I'm only on my second playthrough so I'm not quite honor mode ready but I'm playing an ice druid so I feel like I'm in the ballpark for #4! You're right though, it's about having fun!
I still haven't touched honor mode yet BUT on my current tactitian playthrough I m going ice sorcerer and by gods is it powerful. My jaw drops everytime with the power of the ray of frost cantrip! and that cone of cold shotgun is chef's kiss. Not even talking about the excellent action economy with the sorcery points! And there are so many items in the game that complement this playstyle so well! I didnt even know about the enemies freezing and totally by accident Cazador froze and before that he kept slipping on the ice, he never even touched me T_T. Made the fight so trivial! I fuckin love your guides!
2 Great Old One Warlock 10 Evocation Wizard has always been my favorite. Hex + Spellsparkler + Potent Robe + Agonizing Blast and I use the incandescent staff or Markoheskir is some crisp damage. The build comes online with the Spellsparkler and level 5 double eldritch blast but is very frail as I go 8 Str, 14 Dex, 10 Con, 16 Int, 8 Wis, 17 Cha. Feats are War Caster (for concentration support) or spell sniper (for damage I prefer War Caster), but I make sure I have dual wield by level 10 (in act 3). Amazing dialogue, amazing damage, and versatility, and don’t forget, you’re a wizard but unfortunately no 6th level spells. I like using slow, hold person, counterspell, haste, misty step, shield, and evocation spells. I actually use a Titian String Swordsbard, Karlach Openhand Monk, and a spore druid with a singular level in wizard. The only thing I’m scared of is my 1v1 against Orin, I think sanctuary from a cleric should save me. Here is a damage roll summary, and it is a low roll: I’m level 10 fresh out of Act 2 against Chult Alioramus: Ac: 14 Attack roll: 5 (1d20)+4 Proficiency +1 (Doom Lobber: Daredevil Gloves) +1 (Lightning Charges) +4 (Cha modifier)=15 Damage Roll: 2 (1d10 Force) +4 (Cha modifier) (Agonizing Blast) +4 Cha modifier (Gregarious Caster)=10. Best you can do is 18 force damage. Hex allows 1d6 necrotic damage and lightning charges are lethal. Lowest roll is ~14 damage, the one I showed you. You can do 50-60+ damage (assuming if all 3 blasts land) per action, and you have haste. I did 10+3+1+18+5+1+16+5+5, 64 damage.
I've actually used the Bard and Throwing Barb myself, so them being just honorable mentions tells me these builds are actually beyond insanity I don't really like they way she plays by breaking the game (so nasty lol) but I've always admired the sheer knowledge of it she has. Mad respect
great video and build guides. I am using your item ideas to refine my current party. I am level 6 and just starting the creche. TAV is Ice Sorceror, Shadowheart is a Tempest Cleric, Laze'l is an EK TB Thrower, and Astarion is a Swords Bard, TAV and Laze'l will likely stay mono class, Shart will be 1 white draconic, 5 tempest cleric, 6 abjuration wizard. She will be my only full time melee character, running around with spirit guardians, AOA, Arcane Ward, Phalar Aluve, Luminos armor just debuffing everyone. Astarion will either go 10 bard / 2 fighter if I need more control, or may go 6 sb / 4 assassin / 2 Fighter Shart wears the DNW boots so she can't slip on the ice. She also packs a mean magic missile with phalar aluve shriek and spellsparkler dual wield. Hoping that the Storm Scion's Hat arcane acuity procs from spirit guardians and shriek thunder damage so I can throw out some irresistable command spells. Shart enjoys getting everyone wet after they are chilled. Laze'l is addicted to strength elixirs and enjoys throwing anything and everyone. She also carries the titan string bow and the Silver Sword of the Astral plane if needed. She will wear the Hoarfrost boots to not slip on the ever present ice. Astarion is using the Bow of the Banshee so anyone that goes prone on the ice has a chance to also be frightened and skip their turn.
What's your most cooked honour moment?
Mine was Squidward taking every opportunity attack and edging on his chain lightning leaving my level 1 Gale to carry his worthless ass
Tips & Tricks for Solo Honour: ua-cam.com/video/f4Zgx2k_TjQ/v-deo.html
Patch 7 Solo Walkthrough: ua-cam.com/video/aaLKecF5COk/v-deo.html
Honour Party Template: drive.google.com/file/d/1iqPT3rGJ6-YFtMNot5GGkIVCYUS_hMjf/view
Fighting Marcus at Last Light, killed him easily, and a couple of horrors, then got to watch as Isobel was so far down the turn order she got KO'd and kidnapped before she even had a chance to mess anything up. On that day I learned that the game WANTS her in the Myrkul fight and I should stop resisting.
Isobel on stream today eating an opportunity attack to be paralyzed into a crit was on brand for her 😭
Just one from a long list: Ignored the explosive mushroom at the "ladder" to the fish people because I'm an enhance leap + feather fall addict and I'm not stopping for that shit. didn't even get to see the explosion on my way out, just the game-over screen.
Mine was getting smited by vlaakith for trying and failing to detect her thoughts since I was curious what that interaction was ending my pretty good honour run there.
I lost my most recent Honour mode attempt in the Gauntlet of Shar when the Book you need to unlock the gate in the library where the Spear of night is hidden ended up glitching through the floor after getting hit by an explosion during the fight. Couldn't get the book or spear, tried to enter the Shadowveil anyways, Shart turned on the party and killed us all in one round (she had been respecced into a Tavern Brawler Monk).
4 builds that actually work, no clickbait, straight to the point and well put together video, thank you for the edit
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As someone who's put 3,000 Hrs into BG3, these builds 10000x are what she says they are. All of them are fantastic builds - can't go wrong. Great work!
An underrated part of barb thrower that I never see anyone talk about is how you can just throw a guy off a cliff consistently. Just run up, improv weapon move them to a ledge, and yeet them to an instakill.
@@CallMeQueue gravity is the strongest magic school 😊
RIP gear (I'm such a loot gobblin).
dno if they changed it, but so many mobs just get tp'd back if they got knocked off. I bought the game when honour mode came out and did it blind and I almost died on the final stretch of the gauntlet cus a mindflayer got knocked off by a nautiloid bomb and tp'd back up right in front of me and stunned my entire party. My mates had talked alot about how fun it was to throw mobs off cliffs, so it took me a while of frustration before I googled and found out that hm puts restrictions on chasm kills.
I think it depends on the enemy... Unless something exists in HM (not played HM): mind flayers can fly so maybe that makes them immune. The fish beings can't be thrown into anything that has water as they pop back up...e.g. boaaal can die by throwing him off the ledge into the river below (what a song) but the fish people pop right back up 😅.
Crafty Larian. @@MacGregor3
@@Tryingcounts havent actually looked it up, its defo honour mode only though based on teh tactician playthroughs ive done with mates after. In my experience it was anything with legendary abilities was 100% no chasm kills and felt like most "named" mobs had a chasm protection as well.
Said it in live chat as well, but after struggling with Honour mode for literally months (I do not have much time to play) I was actually giving up and not find it worth trying again. Until I found your channel and your Tavern Brawler Monk gameplay..... Being a sucker for monks, I wanted to give it a go, because..... Worst thing that could happen, was me filing again, after all.
But holy heck..... I made it through and I do not think there was one moment through the playthrough where I feared I'd die. The build is just top tier and really rewards you for playing it consistently as a monk. It felt so good!
I'm so glad you found something that resonated with you (no pun intended) and felt good to play. Congrats and thank you for sharing your experience. I was a snob on Monk for so long but when I gave it a go it's so much silly fun I adore it now 😊
ive always loved cold spells in this game but i never knew how to play it well so your ice sorcerer build was incredible for my honour runs, thank you for blessing us with these amazing builds
yeah it took me a while to figure out ice as well but i love the ice spells so much. glad i could share the joy with you 😊
@@MorganaEvelyn Hi, I love what you're doing and the build ideas but I just don't understand how the hell did you get so many spellslots on your sorcerer ??
I mean at lvl 6 you got like 9 sorcery points and 8 lvl 2 spells ... How ? 😅😂
Otherwise, great work, love your personnality !
@jeremybujon3733 look up the stripping video on my channel for spell slots
I think that line about what matters most is game knowledge and adaptability is so spot on and actually a lesson I learned when I played Divinity Original Sin 2 with some friends years ago. There were so many fights that we got stuck on and it took hours of just retrying them to win. And then the actual winning attempt was laughably easy. All because we positioned our characters a little differently, or change how we focused enemies.
Yep I got stuck at the Alice fight for a while until I thought about how to solve it. Love that about these games
You bring up a fantastic point about how its not a good idea to judge a build based on stuff you can get for it in the LATE game. The viability of the build should be judged based more on its performance in the first half of the game, act 1 especially!
This video is incredibly validating! Currently playing my first honor mode run without looking up guides, super nice to find out I built 3 of the top 4 on the list. The one exception being that I'm using a fire sorcerer with fire acuity hat, which I believe deserves an honorable mention it's so freaking good lol. Great video!
This is the most earnest, straightforward, well explained build video I've seen. Even so including the disclaimer in the beginning about HOW you play matters more than build. 11/10 earned a sub.
Your party build template is so incredible! Your break down of the gear by acts and solo vs. party is so unbelievably helpful, but then you also provide links to everything! This is a godsend!
I'm allergic to casters, so the Bardadin or Throwbarb take the Sorcerer's spot for me, but I can confirm these builds are fun to curbstomp Honour Mode with. They're strong individually, they're crazy strong together, and all really well presented here.
Really enjoy it every time we get to hear your thought process, thank you for putting this together!
I kinda miss Throwbarb I might try it again sometime. But Bardadin is a perfect compromise for someone who prefers martials over spell casting (me)
the angles on the throws drive me crazy sometimes, but throwing things (and people) is just way too much fun to give up. Smite ASMR do be activating all the neurons tho, I have to agree
Bardadin is pure caster BTW. You just cast smite all game as your goto spell.
wym? If it was a caster I'd break out in hives and die, I'm allergic. Those are bonk slots you're thinking of, they do look like spell slots on the UI tho, I see the confusion
@@irontoof The toughest boss for a Throwbarb to beat is a door frame. I swear to god...
I stumbled upon this video by chance, about to finish my FIRST playthrough, and starting my next. I flicked through a few of the other vids and instantly subbed. Amazing work.
Thanks for this guide! it shows you tried hard to make it intelligible to dummies like me and it is! I also have 2000 hours in game but your ability to beat the game at level 1 solo and other strange builds, and your deep knowledge of the game makes me feel like in most of your videos that I am listening to a PhD level quantum mechanics lecture. Your command of this game is just amazing. Bravo!
The thing I love about this channel is that while I’ve beaten honor mode like 10 times, but used different builds, and this channel plus the mod community keeps giving me more fun options!
I got my gold dice following your Dark Urge stealth archer run a few weeks ago. Thanks
You're more than welcome and I'm so happy to hear that 😊
Congrats on passing 69.420 subscribers
You Stealth Archer build is what got me through Honor Mode the first time I tried. I'll definitely borrow some more of these builds for my next runs, I'm waiting for crossplay to be added to the game so I can do new runs with my friends who are on PC. Love your videos, hope you continue making them
shadowfeet
Very good video. In my party, I always run:
- Swords Bardadin Tav
- Stealth Archer Astarion
- Light Cleric Shart (respec)
- Battle Master Baezel (1 level War Cleric)
I am used to this party and it's very consistent. I could change the Light Cleric for a Sorcerer or Druid and I think it would go well too
I found a multiclass of 6 swords bard / 4 thief rogue / 2 fighter got me all the way through (picking half wood elf makes the early game easier due to the extra movement speed and shields)
It brings both insane damage and useful utility with spells and with charisma and expertise you can work as an amazing face. With the build I beat Orin as urge without any effort in 1 round. With your hand crossbows, extra attack, 2 bonus actions, action surge, potion of speed and Slashing Flourish you abuse the action economy. You also bring useful spells like longstrider, enhanced ability, hold person and stinking cloud. Plus your AC can get crazy with Defensive Flourish and yanti scale mail or armour of agility. Song of rest is also just nice to have.
Used it along with your Ice sorcerer build, a Paladin / warlock and light cleric / fighter to pick up my golden dice!
I love these pew-pew builds! 😂 Sword bard is my favorite subclass in BG 3 & I'm a bit bummed they didn't bring it into 5e like this in the new phb. My favorite build is very similar. I go Sword bard 6, Thief 3, battle master 3. Debating on if should try yours for the extra feat or asi, but having blade flourishes AND battle master maneuvers refresh on short rest makes every single attack unique & you have so much versatility & damage.
@@5-Volt I’m currently doing the same as this but Assassin instead of Thief. Sacrificed the extra bonus action for advantage vs unprepared enemies due to sharpshooter!
Great video as usual! Its really cool to see so many hours of gameplay and accumalted knowloage about the game so well synthesized!
I confess i was kinda of a sucker for spellcasters, but seeing your videos made me realize how much martials go hard af. Especially stealth archer! I played a lot of skyrim and I see this build as kind of a tribute to skyrim stealth archer, though i remember you mentioning this build was inspired by DO2 stealth archer.
As a spellcaster enjoyer, your ice sorcerer build was a breath of fresh air to me, cause I never had thought about a sorcerer build that relied on cantrip casting and ice spells and always felt kinda stuck to storm sorcerer. It was really good to learn something new!
Anyways, keep rocking ev ❤
Ice Sorc got me back into spell casting then it lead to my sorcadin hyper fixation haha. Glad to see you're being martial pilled by a smooth brain like me ❤️
Trying the stealth archer with your Shadowheart's solo loadout in honor mode for the first time honestly felt like someone had stretched out Mjölnir into a longbow, handed it to me, then asked me to go hogwild on Toril.
Thank you for your effort in making such an ADHD-friendly build! It's great for when I wanna action RPG around and pick up all the loot.
I absolutely love all these builds guides and I'm definitely going to try them all, thank you so much for all your content !!
I do not know if this is mentioned anywhere, but there is a cool micro which you can pull off if you are playing a ranged build. You can target an enemy for an attack, fire the arrow and as the arrow is flying enter turn based mode. If you failed a stealth check you would then enter combat with both your action and bonus action and if you are passed level 5 you would have also procced the bonus attack for free. Does not require dipping into assassin to work.
In my successful honor mode run, my character was 6 swords bard, 4 thief rogue, 2 fighter and used hand crossbows. The amount of damage I did was crazy, plus having high persuasion. It was awesome. Burst round was like 10 attacks with sharpshooter.
Looking at these builds was really cool. I just started a battlemaster so I was happy to see that included in the list lol. Back to the game after a year.
Holy cheeks 16:18 sent my last surviving brain cell to the fugue plane and back.
Really nice and cozy video and amazing showcase of the undoubtedly strongest classes in the game. I'm glad a lot of new players will be able to have access to the valuable information that you provide, honestly wish I had this information when I did my first honour run.
Throwzerker and OH Monk have always been adored choices for my party and I rarely run without them, though as of late I catch myself adding a Stealth Archer more times than not because it's just so much fun to play. Definitely prefer martials over casters and if I had to choose a caster it would probably be an endgame support addition. To be fair casters aren't unfun overall for me, it's just incredibly annoying how long it takes for them to be even remotely relevant.
lmao omg lilly your comment made me snort
im glad its a cozy video (and that you're trying the stealth archer meme) ❤
ive been trying to make casters a silly broken mess i'll get it eventually
If anyone has the knowledge and stubbornness to make casters broken it's you 🙌
Thank you soo muchhh!!! Honor mode was a joke when I found your videos lmao…I finally beat honor mode on my second attempt, only wish I found your videos a bit earlier then I could have done it on my first! Thanks a lot!!!
Incredible structure and presentation as always, Evelyn! Thank you for continuing to share your expertise and love for this beautiful world of Baldur’s Gate!
Just finished a tactician run with your ice sorceror build and it was some of the most fun I've had in this game. Thanks!
First vid I’ve ever seen of yours and it’s an instant sub from me! Clear and concise info with no fluff, everything you said was absolutely relevant to the build and playstyle. Awesome 😎👍🏻
Watching you play gloomstalker, got me through my first HM completion last month!
Tried the build out by getting to Act3, solo-tactician. After that, a careful HM attempt (remembering all that MM taught me) with 3 party members that were used for buffs and combat cleanup.
Congrats on your HM completion. That's so awesome to hear that. I'm happy to be of some assistance 😊
Great video, clear and straight to the point, presenting actual strong builds. Thanks
The Stealth Archer is definitely my favourite. Not only did i enjoy watching your big series back in the day, which taught me so much about the game, but playing Stealth Archer also got me interested in testing the games limits, difficulties and ultimately different builds too. So my nearly 1k hours in this game are mostly due to this gem of a build.
You're welcome and yeah the stealth archer started my journey a year back oh my god it's been so quick. Glad I could inspire you to mess around with the game and enjoy it for all those hours 😊
Your videos and builds are always a joy thank you very much! The stealth archer makes me feel like I am playing Skyrim again 😂
I still haven't finished my first playthrough of the game, but my party already had an Ice Sorcerer, ThrowBarian, and Battle Master. Your builds might be just the inspiration I needed to pick that playthrough back up and make it to the end.
Great video, thank you! I would love to see a walkthrough with those four builds involved, preferably with no cuts, full length.
Under the live tab. These are proven I did the impossible challenge with them. 500% extra enemy HP and they get +3 actions and bonus actions. That was fun
@@MorganaEvelyn Amazing stuff, thank you :)
yet another amazing video! love it and love your content!
you're so kind and sweet thank you 😊
Love the look of all four of these builds and I've played the stealth archer build myself it was the most fun I've would gladly play it again after testing out the ice sorcerer build first.
My most cooked honour mode was when I forgot elevators don't work and I used the one in gauntlet of shar wiping 3 of my party members.
I was looking for some inspiration and man this video did not disappoint. Love the Stealth Archer. Perfect for my next evil playthrough
Absolute banger of a video, i really want to try all of these builds cause its so much fun to see you play these! Great video as always!
Monk was totally cracked. Stunning strike literally saved my run multiple times. Including a final battle I scuffed due to my irl low int. Thanks for providing the build!
The last build was… incredible. I am going a Hunter ranger but i might respec a bit after seeing this. Thank you 😊
I can't live without my darkness warlock/fighter build... i LOVE the darkness spell, the tricks you can do with vision, i love warlock as a class and love using everything i can to support that gameplay. love your builds!! keep up the good work!!
Your Bardadin and TB Monk are what helped me beat Honor Mode. Always posting top tier content Morgana 💯
Throwing barb, but i'm throwing my enemies into the chasms :) love your vids!
Swords Bard reverberation build with gear like Bow of the Banshee, Drakethroat Glaive and Boots of Stormy Clamour absolutely carried by first Honour Run playthrough.
I learned about that build from this channel too! Best BG3 creator on UA-cam imo :)
Bow of the Banshee is so slept on it's so awesome 😊
@@MorganaEvelyn Agreed! It's probably my favourite ranged weapon in the game. Inflicting frightened is so useful
I love how you focused on some item agnostic builds. Great stuff.
So entertaining and full of info! really love how short the video is compared to other build videos.
Love the video, And the strine! This is freaking thickest one I've ever heard, which makes in even more intriguing!
Super thorough video. Would love to see more on mechanical breakdown of how to play stealth archer build. Thanks!
Stealth archer was insane ty so much for all the work you put in. I decided I wanted to be a bit fair in act 3 and still 1 turned ansur and Raph in turned based mode (with an opening attack out of combat).
Appreciate the promise reprise in the background!
Love hearing your advice, because you’re an absolute killer.
Digressive note for no reason: Running the D20 initiative mod makes the balance so much better, it really makes encounters exciting and unpredictable again, I will never go back to D4 initiative.
Been running true initiative before honour mode came out, it just feels so good. Granted, the Myrkul fight almost kicked my ass first time on honour mode, coz i didn't prepare for it properly, and the mind flayer won initiative over everyone, and stunned the whole party 🤣 Lessons learned tho, the hard way: preparation is king in honour mode.
I DM a "pack tactics" rule. Basically, any team that has been working together for at least 2 weeks, get 21 initiative per 2 members (+10 for 1). They assign the initiative and add their initiative bonus among all members in the pack. This allows them to decide which of them moves first or which of them move together.
The downside is that the enemies follow the same rule. While the party can put their strikers up front in initiative, the enemies MOST CERTAINLY put their spell casters and leaders at initiative 15+ while keeping the mooks at 5-. That being said I typically have enemies initiative cascade. Take a group of 6. 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3. the 18 will be a wizard or cleric whereas the 3 will be a low level mook.
BG3 method almost matched what I made, except BG3 made it very 1 sided towards the player. My method gives both sides a chance to do it.
Wow your knowledge of this game is incredible, thanks for all of this info! After one play through, I missed so much , amazing presentation
thank you for pronouncing water correctly 4:44
I love this videos. It's awesome! There I go again, clearing characters that I don't use for recording videos to try these builds. Once again I'm not leaving Act 1. I love this video so much. Thanks for making this video for us.
I was NOT expecting the power of the stealth archer...wow. Great no bs video. Love it.
I finally beat honour mode with 4 Tempest Cleric/4 Thief Rogue/4 Lightning Dragon Sorcerer. I did the angelic reprieve thing and had a full rogue hireling steal a bunch of chain lightning scrolls. Then with a bloodlust elixir I would quicken create water to wet my enemies, use the Thief's second bonus action to quicken chain lightning on a potion of haste that would both proc bloodlust elixir and chain into enemies, then I'd use the three actions to do more chain lightnings. If anything ever survived that first turn I could do 5 chain lightnings in the next turn. Also one of those chain lightnings can have a max damage roll.
S/o to the algorithm for showing me your channel! Easy sub, also im also a morgana enjoyer in league 😂
Actual banger builds, had a lot of fun with those, thank you for your amazing content
Glad to hear that, you're so very welcome 😊
Love your videos! I found the monk build especially fun in late game and will be attempting the stealth archer soon. I've found a full 12 lvl light cleric stacked with radiance gear to be extremely powerful, mobile, and an amazing support. It's not "flashy" as the high damage builds but in a party run it's a lot of fun watching enemies, not just undead, melt away by the power of light
The holy lawnmower is awesome. I love the screams when they get fried by the light 😊
1:33 that silent hill 2 soundtrack caught me off guard
I got forced into playing it for Halloween and it's left a lasting impression on me. I'm usually terrified of horror related stuff
The stealth archer build is amazing, I used it and managed to complete my honour mode run, so thank you!!
You're so welcome and congrats on your win 😊
I’m taking your ice sorc build into honor mode with a friend of mine, really excited to see it in action!
It's gonna be so fun. Let me know how you go. A bit of a struggle early game but it's character building 😊
@@MorganaEvelyn I finally made it to the underdark and am assembling the staff soon. So far no deaths, yippie
The stealth archer was the first character I played in an actual DND campaign some years back and I loved it. I had to use it for a solo honour run and the addition of the arrows really took it to the next level.
Thank you so so much for this. Genuinely have felt like I'm gonna pull my hair out doing honor mode. Flind and those Gnolls have been the worst and I've barely Scratch-ed the surface. This is gonna be a life saver
These builds are insane! I'll have to give them a try. Thank you!
Best content creator for baldurs gate 3 here on UA-cam IMHO.
So many useful informations!
I finished honour mode thank you for your advice it helped a lot
This video is fantastic! I loved everything about it! Thank you!
Been running the Stealth Archer, but went 3 into fighter for the superiority die, and with me hording arrows, Goblin camp was super easy being Druge and getting The Deathstalker Mantle, constanly invisable, and raining arrows down from the rafters will never get tiring
Thanks for sharing this! I will try some of these. I've been running a fighter with polearm master, sentinel, mobile and its so fun. Many attacks of opportunity.
Would love to see a mechanical breakdown of your stealth archer build, as well as full runs of your other solo honour mode builds. Very helpful and entertaining.
honestly 10 bard + 2 paladin literally carried me through honor mode, high charisma to decieve enemies with insane damage is op, great to see this build in the video, instant like
Without your videos, I probably wouldn't have beat my honor mode run. Love all the build ideas!
Hey I only gave inspiration you did all the work. Congrats ❤️
I left the game after failing my previous honor mode run, will try again with these builds! Thank you for sharing!
It is what it is, the most troll, fun and informative bg3 channel!! Great work!
Every second packed w content & info, and so fun.
2000hrs... builds dont matter - knowledge does... challenge runs...
Oh god... so this is what it's like to be on the other side.
I have 800hrs in Dead Space 2 and your intro echos my own. My parallel challenge to your lv 1 clear is no upgrades, no store, no stasis (slows enemies), and no shooting - on hardcore (i.e. no checkpoints, and only 3 saves).
Ty for your deep insight. You are awesome.
You're "Unless..." at the end made me laugh for an entire minute straight!
This video is so helpful for my honor run!
Stealth archer is probably the most entertaining gameplay i have ever seen in bg3
My favourive Honour Mode group is my signing circus:
2 Cleric / 10 Lore Bard -> Controller/Healer
2 Paladin / 10 Swords Bard -> well Bardadin
5 Gloomstaker / 5 Swordsbard / 2 Fighter -> Archer ... you could also go 4 Fighter / 3 Bard for Maneuvers which probably would be stronger overall, but I do like my Font of Inspiration and Improved Bardic Performance
6 Warmaster / 5 Valor Bard / 1 War Cleric -> Rapier Duellist Fighter
You get so many skillpoints, Bardic Inspirations and 4 extra short rests while not be to reliant on long rests its super fun ...and the best part: you can have your group of 4 stand around after a long fight and play as a Quartett ... I love it so much, that Larian thought about having more than one Bard in the Group and adds real symphonies according to the amount of instruments played
I tried to look up your name for a guide and ended up typing Evana Moragyn by accident. Glad I founded your guides again!
Really simple and compact vídeo. I knew those exists but I never search about it but it nice to know to be prepared to honour mode.
Awesome channel to stumble across.
very kind of you to say so thank you
I recently did a run with the TB monk, BM fighter, and stealth archer in the party and they kept fighting over who was gonna end combat on turn 1. Thank you for the based content as always
I like wizard 2 / Sorc 10
Focus intelligence, and for sorc just reap metamagic and utility spells. Then wizard spellbook to prepare for virtually any battle imaginable
thanks morgana you are making guides so much better than most of they guys
Frost builds are incredibly fun in all the games I've played: Raid Shadow Legends, Dragon Age Origins, Divinity Original Sin 2, and BG 3 all have very effective frost builds. In the case of Raid, there are champions that do freeze, the most common one being Frozen Banshee, who is a rare champion.
But I have to say, I love the stealth Archer build you created, especially as Dark Urge. I never finished the playthrough with it, so I'm gonna redo it. my second favorite is the Barbarian throwing build, using the retuning pike from act 1 and later on you can bind any weapon you like by using aa hiring speced into Eldrich knight. another favorite of mine is the BarBEARian, which is a Barbarian/moon druid combo, 3 in Barbarian and 9 in moon druid, so you rage and then go into bear form to do combat. but I've never done a solo run so I'm not sure if any of the other builds besides the stealth archer would work for that. I've seen a spore druid solo Raphael by running to a corner then casting AoE and getting everyone to walk into it.
Not me at 7:18 having to do a double take if I had somehow started up darktide after hearing the OST, god damn, was perfect fit for the fighter build lol
My friend and I decided Honor Mode on a whim and I did Monk/Thief/Fighter while he did Bardadin so I'm glad these made the cut! My other option is CoM Druid as a solid all arounder. It was a wild ride that was a one and done for us and it got to the point we were wondering who'd be able to take the other person out kind of deal by act 3. I can def say I love experimenting in the game but my most fun is dressing up cute and going on power trips.
I'm only on my second playthrough so I'm not quite honor mode ready but I'm playing an ice druid so I feel like I'm in the ballpark for #4! You're right though, it's about having fun!
I appreciate anyone who can make strong builds and make complete guides. I like to push damage/gameplay to the limits. It’s fun to me
I still haven't touched honor mode yet BUT on my current tactitian playthrough I m going ice sorcerer and by gods is it powerful. My jaw drops everytime with the power of the ray of frost cantrip! and that cone of cold shotgun is chef's kiss. Not even talking about the excellent action economy with the sorcery points! And there are so many items in the game that complement this playstyle so well! I didnt even know about the enemies freezing and totally by accident Cazador froze and before that he kept slipping on the ice, he never even touched me T_T. Made the fight so trivial! I fuckin love your guides!
I love the silent hill background music!
2 Great Old One Warlock 10 Evocation Wizard has always been my favorite. Hex + Spellsparkler + Potent Robe + Agonizing Blast and I use the incandescent staff or Markoheskir is some crisp damage. The build comes online with the Spellsparkler and level 5 double eldritch blast but is very frail as I go 8 Str, 14 Dex, 10 Con, 16 Int, 8 Wis, 17 Cha. Feats are War Caster (for concentration support) or spell sniper (for damage I prefer War Caster), but I make sure I have dual wield by level 10 (in act 3). Amazing dialogue, amazing damage, and versatility, and don’t forget, you’re a wizard but unfortunately no 6th level spells. I like using slow, hold person, counterspell, haste, misty step, shield, and evocation spells. I actually use a Titian String Swordsbard, Karlach Openhand Monk, and a spore druid with a singular level in wizard. The only thing I’m scared of is my 1v1 against Orin, I think sanctuary from a cleric should save me. Here is a damage roll summary, and it is a low roll:
I’m level 10 fresh out of Act 2 against
Chult Alioramus:
Ac: 14
Attack roll: 5 (1d20)+4 Proficiency +1 (Doom Lobber: Daredevil Gloves) +1 (Lightning Charges) +4 (Cha modifier)=15
Damage Roll: 2 (1d10 Force) +4 (Cha modifier) (Agonizing Blast) +4 Cha modifier (Gregarious Caster)=10. Best you can do is 18 force damage. Hex allows 1d6 necrotic damage and lightning charges are lethal. Lowest roll is ~14 damage, the one I showed you. You can do 50-60+ damage (assuming if all 3 blasts land) per action, and you have haste. I did 10+3+1+18+5+1+16+5+5, 64 damage.
I've actually used the Bard and Throwing Barb myself, so them being just honorable mentions tells me these builds are actually beyond insanity
I don't really like they way she plays by breaking the game (so nasty lol) but I've always admired the sheer knowledge of it she has. Mad respect
Great way to start the morning 🙏🏽🖤
great video and build guides. I am using your item ideas to refine my current party. I am level 6 and just starting the creche. TAV is Ice Sorceror, Shadowheart is a Tempest Cleric, Laze'l is an EK TB Thrower, and Astarion is a Swords Bard,
TAV and Laze'l will likely stay mono class, Shart will be 1 white draconic, 5 tempest cleric, 6 abjuration wizard. She will be my only full time melee character, running around with spirit guardians, AOA, Arcane Ward, Phalar Aluve, Luminos armor just debuffing everyone. Astarion will either go 10 bard / 2 fighter if I need more control, or may go 6 sb / 4 assassin / 2 Fighter
Shart wears the DNW boots so she can't slip on the ice. She also packs a mean magic missile with phalar aluve shriek and spellsparkler dual wield. Hoping that the Storm Scion's Hat arcane acuity procs from spirit guardians and shriek thunder damage so I can throw out some irresistable command spells. Shart enjoys getting everyone wet after they are chilled.
Laze'l is addicted to strength elixirs and enjoys throwing anything and everyone. She also carries the titan string bow and the Silver Sword of the Astral plane if needed. She will wear the Hoarfrost boots to not slip on the ever present ice.
Astarion is using the Bow of the Banshee so anyone that goes prone on the ice has a chance to also be frightened and skip their turn.
I love your gloom stalker archer - it's SO much fun!
I'm so glad to hear that 😊